The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-19

Yesterday, having accepted an invitation
to supply the pulpit of the Congregational
church at Jacksonville for three months,
commencing Oct. l.
Capt. lie Bren, of Lake George, is build
steamboat which is to ply the waters OF
the st. Johns river. This boat Is 70 feet IN
length by 20 feet beam, and will accommo-
date both passengers and freight. The hull
will be launched next week.
Capt. w. l.. Freeland has purchased of
S. B. Hewett seven and a half acres ON. the
east of Lake Tavares, three acres OF which
will be at once cleared and set out TO fruit
trees. The purchase is made with view
to the erection of a residence.
At Fort Mason the firm of John NJ Bryan
| & Co., general merchandise, has been dis
sol we'd, Mr.. Bryan and d. o. Davies retir
! ing The business will hereafter be con-
Quoted by John I. Wofford and A. Mitchell,
under the firm name Of Wofford q Mitchell.
The Semi Tropical chronicles the project
of the construction of a two-mile drive
| from Eustis 10 DR. Hicks calcined humus
| fields, and says that, if the drive is built,
the doctor will give twenty acres or more
of his clay lands for exhibition and fair
! purposes.
A vacancy remains in the free scholar
| ships allotted TO Lake county at the East
| Florida Seminary at Gainesville. Any
! young man wishing to be a candidate for
admission. should at once make application
| to Mr.. Compton, Superintendent OF Schools
! for Lake county.
| Satsuma and vicinity produced last sea-
! son 3 800 boxes of nice bright oranges, from
less than 600 trees in ore grove set out thir-
| teen years ago. Reason good soil, properly
/ located and intelligently cultivated. AT the
! present time land is worth from So to 500
per acre, according to location.
Lewis Marol, of Mcdonald station,
| Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic railroad, has
! made an assignment to III. Crutcher for the
/ benefit of his creditors. The assets exceed
| the liabilities by 5000 The assignee thinks
every creditor will he paid in full, besides
leaving something for the assignor.
jefferson county paid for twenty wild cat
| skins on last Wednesday-S60 -and rejected
two, as they were not killed by the party
presenting them, as provided by law. The
| Commissioners made arrangements, by the
! passage of resolutions, by which wild cat
| killers cannot get pay more than once from
| the county for the same cat.
A citizen of Oakland recently obtained an
| equal number of Sicily and Florida lemons.
After careful test he found that they con-
tanned very nearly the same quantity of
| juice-the preference being but slightly in
| favor Of the Sicily There was really TO
|
C inmates against Florida largely, being
about 15c. per dozen for Florida and SOC. for
Sicily.
The saloon Question has caused consider
| able excitement at DeFuniak, the result of
which will be an election to decide whether
the people want il sold in the county or not.
! There are several petitions circulating
| through the county, and almost every one
| is signing them a letter from Col. Chipley
I Al 4
| is put up at DeFuniaS there will be no pro-
| gramme for next years assembly issued.
Mr.. Cobb, who has for some time been
acknowledged as the most successful catcher
| of big fish with a hook and line on St. An
| drew's Bay, was somewhat surprised when
| ne hauled in his line few mornings ago
over at Red Fish Point to find only the
head of monster shark which had been
| hooked during the night and the body eat
off by other Ash. The head was feet 9
inches broad and feet q inches across the
fore fins.
Last week Col. Bird, United States Mar
shall, brought to the Monticello Jail colored
man who has the reputation of notorious
thief and desperate. He sports several
names. Samuel Johnson, alias Samuel Will
liams, alias Samuel Small He is under in
dictment and arrest this time, as being con-
nected with the Palatka postoffice robbery
about a year ago, and viii be the guest OF
Sheriff Bird until the next term of the
United States Court.
Orlando Record: Mrs. Rerdell, who has
just returned from Halifax Beach, brought
with her a sample of orange honey, or
rather syrup, that is certainly ahead of any
| honey or syrup we have ever tasted. 1t is
in color nearly pure white, and has the
flavor of the orange blossoms from which il
mad". The sample was presented by John
Anderson, Esq. of Ormond on the Halifax
who is the same gentleman who had charge
of the county exhibit of Volusia county al
our South Florida Exhibition last winter
and succeeded in capturing the second prize
besides number of other prizes.
James K. Ellis, about Is years old, me-
with a serious accident at LeeSburg a day OF
two ago He was doing some hauling il
Necdham Lees grove with single wagon
to which a mule was hitched. From some
unknown cause the mule took fright, rar
away, dashed the wagon against an orang,
tree, broke the vehicle and threw Ellis vic
lently headforemost against the tree. A
the same time the mule kicked him on thu
top of the head. He was taken up insensibl
and had commissions during the night. A
last accounts he was improving, but still il
a precarious condition. The skull was no
fractured externally.
Saturday night serious cutting scrap
| occurred Ill Uue HOTUneIll pdTb OF w alUOl
county between Frank Davis and Tucke
Davis, his son, and one of the Ganev boys
Frank Davis and young Ganey We're boil
badly gashed. Tucker Davis was arrested
The cause of the cutting seems to have beei
on account of Ganey's refusal to let Davis
and his son have gun which Clancy had il
his possession. Frank Davis and Amo
Ganey ara seriously, if not fatally, injured
Tucker Davis was placed under 800 bond
in default of which be was taken TO Milton
Jail. Frank Davis, being too badly injured
to be moved, is under arrest, and Is guarded
at his home.
Two weeks ago a hog was stolen iron
Pleas. Green's pen, near his mill at Quincy
and two days after Mr. Green found TIL
, meat, nicely sailed, in a corn-crib on TIN
) premises OF negro neighbor, where it hat
been placed by the thief, who proved to b,
a darkey named Cesar Wilson, and VIII,
: finally confessed that he had done the steal
ing A few nights after the meat wa
found party of men said to have com,
from Georgial went to the negro's hous,
and took HIM out 30 a tree, where they tieC
= him up aud administered a severe whipping
after which he was ordered to leave thu
, county. After hiding out for several day,
the negro gave himself up and was PLACED
in Jail on a warrant which had been pre-
ViOusly issued for him